Catching the brain rain

I like James' ideas for catching the "brain rain" -- a way of setting aside a few minutes each day for firewalled creativity through idea generation and capture. This kind of habit could fit nicely into an end-of-day ritual, maybe before a quick review and daily cleanup.

Keys to catching the brain rain:

set aside 10 minutes, each and every day

have pen and paper handy

allow yourself the freedom to think crazy thoughts

don’t worry if nothing really productive springs to mind right away

periodically scan over your notes from these sessions as things may pop into your mind after they have “marinated” for a while

[...] A few days ago I shared a post from February with Merlin. We were talking about GTD and creativity for an upcoming podcast when I used a pet term of mine - brain rain. Since his post I’ve received many interesting comments, e-mails, and links to the post. I’d like to say thanks to Merlin and everyone for stopping by to say hell. [...]

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